WILD FLIPPANCY IN HATS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 102, 30 April 1913, Page 8

WILD FLIPPANCY IN HATS.

I CUMMERBUNDS FOR 'WOMEN.

FASHION NOTES FROM LONDON.

I (From Our Lady Correspondent.) f March 20, 1913. I The affair of importance of the mov ment is the Easter Egg, that, ignoring Holy Week quietness, seems to grin with anticipation of Easter Day and its own jollity and consequence when its hour j shall dawn.

Each year adds to the possibilities of Easter Eggs, and now they are even , substantial enough to hold a small sew- , ing machine! Eggs of dainty satin t dama.sk quilted inside with delicate per- c fumed silk, flattened so that they would . stand on a dress ing table, and full of , •handkerchiefs, are pretty ideas for r grown-ups, while for children there are all manner of delightsome notions from c father rabbits and mother rabbits with ~ fluffy little families of Tabbits all in one t e-*g, to very tiny ones with brooches and t trinkets inside, or sweets. _ c It is the season for spring-cleaning shops as well as houses, and long j •ladders, leisurely men with pots of t paint, energetic window washers and i wall-sweepers, and all the other units . of the horribly disturbing army of < cleansers that thrust themselves so c proudly into notice to poison the sweet spring atmosphere at this time, are the i order of the day. : If hats, in common with other im- " portant items of a toilette, really do express character, that shown by some I of the latest mil-linery is of a nature o to i make conventional maids and matrons < shun it, for flippancy of the wildest is ' jet out in ribbons and wings and strings • and mounts. One model will explain the ' assertion, a small black tagal brimless ' toque which had a stiff red treble band of ribbon stuck through the straw or ' the crown and protruding over the edge ! of the front just like a mischievous urchin's tongue. Others are like hobgoblins or elves making ugly faces. Therefore, what character there is expressed in these seems to be bad! BUTTONS ON HATS are new notions, both stylish and serviceable. One silky navy straw of this week had trim double rows of flat champagne-coloured small buttons up the front of tie crown, and a mount at one side, and looked good enough for any occasion. SHOT SILKS, no one will 'be sorry to hear, one imagines, tired themselves and their wearers out last summer and aspire to no wider importance this season than as cuffs and revers, cravats or linings. After the mad craze of a year ago it will he a long time "before shot taffetas — can be tolerated with calmness! 1 PLUSH GAUZE SHOULDER SCARVES sound strange, probably, for spring " wear, but are really pretty when fashioned, as they are, in very pale j colours, picked out .with thin gold or j silver threatls. 3 BELTS WITH WATCHES. ■. on one side are Easter novelties. The j be lts are of coloured suede to match f the enamel of the watch. The idea . doesn't seem very sensible. CUMMERBUNDS for women are quite new, surely; yet only by that can the newest belts— really -parts of costumes or blouses— be described, so wide and so loose they. , Some of the newest figured marquis- " ctte and ninon blouses for indoor wear -have these belts attached, long-waisted and reaching, at the top, to-the corsage, y and made of black dull silk—a peculiarly " clumsy idea. On costumes they are little better, save for stout figures that they no doubt would seem to reduce. GOLD OR SILVER LACE CO—TEES .. are new and elaborate ideas for indoor [_ wear. These are made with a basque, j and generally have a velvet belt to match the colour of the skirt. COLOURED HANDKERCHIKFS, stockings and shoes are again to be popular. !! HAI-DRESSING. The hairdressing of the day and evena ing has nothing but virtues, for it is allowed to be natural, and therefore _ each one may train her locks in the way . that best becomes her—a state of things .. as it should be. How ridiculous to have ' actual " fashions " in this, and be comn pelled to do as we're told, and quite I possibly by a man with a pate as guilt- . les3 of thatch as a marble! Bandeaux and caps and mounts are worn by some and not by others. There a" is not the craze for head ornaments ,\ that we've had for some time, though this is rather a " between season " time, -, and it is well not to boast what onay "*' happen. Spun glass mounts are still seen occasionally. BLUE SERGE INDOOR GOWNS, girls will be glad to hear, Teturn this spring as if new. Most of these can be worn without necks, but others have B narrow sailor collars at the back that end in a loos*; silk bow at tbe front. Most are high-waisted, but have belts of suede or patent leather. II STILL NO POCKETS! c . At least for < any practical purposes. Short blouses have slanting pouches to ,g fit dolls' banakerchiefs, but those are ,„ the best that can be done for us. " 0 . COLOURED GLASS BUTTONS, le cut in various devices, ornament white r- blouses and gowns for the spring. I]. Amber, amethyst, lapis lazuli, hanging se like bells from shanks, are dainty conceits. in it, AN UMBRELLA HINT. c- After an ur_>relfe has been out in the — rain, it should not be thrust into the st umbrella-stand and left to drain, for in :e. this position the moisture gradually st accumulates in the silk just above the a ferrule, and causes it to rot. It should it be opened and placed in an airy room until thoroughly dry. ar When finally put away, it should be id left unrolled, for if constantly kept ti"ht — the creases rapidly wear through. It is ie exposing an umbrella to an early death s, to place it in the rack at all, really, al where a hastily-set-down stick is likely »y to make a hole in it—far better to ban""it up by the handle. °